Al-Houthi calls for public dialogue with coalition

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Al-Thawra Net

Leading member in the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi affirmed that they are ready to engage in real negotiations with Saudi-led coalition countries.

He called on them to open dialogue, stressing the readiness to go to Riyadh to sign a comprehensive peace agreement.

Since the first day, we have been confirming that we are ready for a dialogue with the aggression countries and still confirming our desire for a serious and direct dialogue with them,” he said in an interview with the BBC on Friday

“We are still in dialogue and argument with Saudi Arabia to find a solution that could end the war and lift blockade on Yemen,” he said, adding that however, these currents contacts have not yet mount to the level of negotiations.

He confirmed that they are ready for dialogue with the countries of aggression and put all issues on the negotiating table in public and without equivocation and in front of the media.”

“We have no restrictions or an agenda that we are afraid to reveal, and we are ready for a public dialogue with the countries of aggression for a real and comprehensive ceasefire and the lifting of the siege of Yemen,” the coalition said in a statement.

“We demand a comprehensive and genuine cessation of the war, and the declaration of a ceasefire by the Saudi-led aggression is not real and is for the purpose of media consumption and political propaganda,” he added.

He continued: We have presented a proposal for a comprehensive solution and a cessation of the war for the United Nations, and we are ready to go to Saudi Arabia to sign the comprehensive solution document that we have offered if Riyadh agrees to it,” he said, pointing that this still a matter of consultations with the UN envoy.

The proposal of a comprehensive solution presented by Supreme Political Council to the UN included three main themes: Ending the war, achieving a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, lifting blockade on the sea, air and land ports of Yemen and taking urgent humanitarian and economic measures and treatments, he concluded.